Self-waiting table



(No Model.)

E. E. HOWELL. y SELF WAITING TABLE.

10.464,0'73. Patentednec. 1,1891.

In 3mm/nto@ UNITED STATES PATENT QEEICE.

ELIZABETH E. HOVELL, OF MARYVILLE, MISSOURI.

SELF-WAITING TABLE.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 464,073, dated December1, 1891.

Application filed September 14:. 1891. Serial No. 405 ,676. (No model.)

T .all whom, it may concern:

Be it known that I, ELIZABETH E. HOWELL, a citizen of the United States,residing at Maryville, in the county of Nodaway and State of Missouri,have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Self-WaitingTables; and I do hereby declare that the following is a full, clear, andexact description of the same, reference being had to the annexeddrawings, making a part of this specification, and to the letters andfigures of reference marked thereon. l

This invention relates to certain new and useful improvements inself-waiting tables of that class in which the movable portion issupported upon rollers and mounted on a central pivot; and it has forits objects among others to provide an improved table of this characterin which provision is made for preventing crumbs or dishes or otherarticles from getting between the tableV proper and the revolving part,the said provision adding also to the neat and tasteful appearance ofthe table.

It has for a further object to provide for the holding of thetable-cloth around the molding inclosing or encircling the revolvingpart. I provide the rollers with a rubber band, so as to render thedevice noiseless. I form the revolving part of two or more thicknessesof material, with the grain thereof arranged differently and encirclingthe whole with. a metallic band. This band and the molding may be asornamental as desired. It maybe nickelplated, if desired. The pinswhichare designed to hold the table-cloth are mounted in the table-top in anovel manner, so as to firmly hold therein.

The device as a whole is neat, complete, and serviceable and durable.

Other objects and advantages of the invention will hereinafter appear,and the novel features thereof will be specifically defined by theappended claims.

The invention is clearly illustrated in the accompanying drawings,which, with the letters of reference marked thereon, form a part of thisspecification, and in which Figure 1 is a top plan of myimproved table,with portions broken away. Fig. 2 is a central vertical section throughthe same. Fig. .gris an enlarged sectional detail showing the manner ofmounting the cloth-holding hook in the table-top. Fig. 4 is an enlargedView, partly in edge view and partly in section, of one of the rollers.A

Like letters of reference indicate like parts throughout the Severalviews in which they occur.

Referring now to the details of the drawings by letter, A designates thelegs and B the top of a table, which may be square, round, or any otherdesired shape, and if square it may be provided with hinged leaves B',as seen in Figs. l and 2, which may be hinged thereto in any well-knownway. The cen ter of the table-top is provided with a oirculardepressionor opening a, diametrically across the bottom of Which isa bar C,secured to the table in any Well-known way, and provided with a plate orcasting C', having boss c, an d opening for the pivot of the revolvingpart, hereinafter described.

D is the revolving part. It is circular in outline and is mounted upon acentral pivotD, which is carried by the plate D2, secured to the underside of the revolving part, the pivot being fitted into the boss c ofthe plate or casting C', as seen in Fig. 2. This revolving part isformed of two or more thicknesses of material, as wood, with the grainthereof arranged crosswise or in other position and bound by the band E,which may be as ornamental as desired, and secured thereto inanysuitable manner. It maybe provided lwith knobs b, as

shown to aid in the turning of the revolvingv part when necessary. Therevolving part is designed to revolve on rollers F, which are carried bysuitable pintles or shafts F', mounted horizontally in the table-toparound the open` ing therein, the outer ends ofthe shafts being providedwith adj Listing-nuts d, by which wear may be compensated for. Theserollers each have a peripheral groove e, in which is tted a rubber ringor band e', as seen best in Fig. 4, to render the same noiseless in themovement of the parts.

the table-top, being arranged at a distance from the opening andconcentric therewith, as seen in Figs. 1 and 2, and this molding may beof wood as ornamental as desired, or it may be of metal nickel-plated,or any other preferred material and style. It serves three purposestogive a neat finish to the table,

G is a molding surrounding the opening in IOO covering, as it does, theWorking parts; it prevents crumbs or dishes or other articles fromgetting beneath the revolving part and interfering with its rotation, orbetween the said molding and the revolving part, and it serves, inconjunction with the cloth-holdinghooks, to hold the table-cloth inplace. It is so arranged relatively to the revolving part as to permitof the ready revolution of the latter and still leave no perceptibleopening therebetween. It is tapered, as shown in Fig. 2, being Wider atits base.

IVI are the cloth-holding hooks. They are swiveled in the table-top andarranged around the molding concentric therewith, being so held in thetable-top as to' permit their being turned up to receive or permit ofthe removal of the cloth and yet hold them in any position in which theymay be turned. For instance, as seen best in Fig. 3, h is the stem orshank of the hook. It is provided with a head h', Which enters a socketin the tabletop, and around this shank is a tapered thimble h2, andabove that a Washer or plate h3, which fits in a depression in the tabletop, so that its upper face is flush With the upper face ofthe table, asseen in Fig 3, thus increasing the frictional contact-surface, so as tohold the hook in its adjusted position. The

hooks are so arranged that they do not interfere with anything placed onthe table-top, the tapered part of the molding allowing them to beplaced close to said molding and permitting of ready attachment orremoval of the cloth, as will be readily understood from Fig. 2.

Vhat I claim as neW isl. A self-Waiting table consisting of a tabletopprovided with central circular opening, rollers around said opening andprovided With rubber peripheries, a revolving part mounted on a centralpivot and supported on said rollers, a molding surrounding the openingand revolving part, and swiveled cloth-holding hooks in proximity to themolding, substantially as shown and described.

2. The combination, with the table-top provided With socket, of aconical thimble in said socket, a hook having a shank provided with ahead and having the thimble sleeved on the shank, and a Washer seated ina recess in the upper face of the table around the said shank,substantially as shown and described.

In testimony that I claim the above I have hereunto subscribed my namein the presence of two Witnesses.

ELIZABETH E. HOWELL.

Witnesses:

R. R. SoWERs, JOHN S. SCHENGK.

